bob bennett is one of those special people in american politics who continues to believe that we ought to have ideas-driven government. >> reporter: on may 8, utah republicans let bennett know what they thought of his efforts at bipartisanship. he was defeated in his try for a fourth term at the state g.o.p. convention by activists who yelled, among other things, that he didn't love the constitution enough. >> the anger about what's going on in washington was simply too powerful to overcome. i am obviously not angry enough. one of the complaints about me was, "we don't see you on c.n.n. we don't see you on fox screaming. we don't see you shouting and fighting loud enough. you're sitting back there talking to these people and we don't want that. we want somebody really up there fighting." and, that's not my style. >> reporter: but fellow republican jim demint of south carolina, who is up for re- election himself this year, sees the utah outcome differently: he says voters want government's main focus now to be to stop spending and borrowing, and what he calls the government takeover of

you have also seen it in utah where senator bob bennett, a veteran incumbent was basically kicked out of the party at the gop nominating convention and mike lee who is the republican nominee in has the backing of the tea party expressed in california. i think you will see an impact in terms of a fund raising, the area i look at, i have noticed 30 political committees and so the movement is as it matures, it is becoming more involved in the money side of it. we are not seeing a great deal of money raised. the most successful one is the tea party expressed out of california. the last time i checked it raised about $4 million. it is connected with a bunch of republicans from that state that have been active for a long time. they created that back in two dozen 8 to oppose president obama -- 2008 president obama's campaign. >> there is now a tea party conference. seattle washington, democrats line. caller: in light of the recent supreme court decision and, of are there any projections as to how much corporate money private givers -- what is the equation there? how much to do the people hav

senator bob bennett, a big knock against him before he lost, was he had worked together with a liberalemocrat from morgan on his own version of the healthcare bill. the bill did not even come up. the simple fact they worked together was enough to have republican primary voters in the utah very upset. if that is the standard to be used, that is what this outside money is really doing. host: is your contention that the deregulation of the political financing laws levels the playing field for republicans tried to regain control of congress? guest: it has allowed more money to come into the republican side. it has at the same time allow more money to come in on the democratic side. the main case that has thrown some much turmoil into the system was called a decisioa dee out in january. it is these as we see just before the election. lately the labor unions have been using that as much if not more than corporations have. they spent $10 million on the race against senator blanche lincoln of arkansas. it has opened the door to more money from both sides, both liberals and conservatives, as op

senator bob bennett, a big knock against him before he lost, was he had worked together with a liberal democrat from morgan on his own version of the healthcare bill. the bill did not even come up. the simple fact they worked together was enough to have republican primary voters in the utah very upset. if that is the standard to be used, that is what this outside money is really doing. host: is your contention that the deregulation of the political financing laws levels the playing field for republicans tried to regain control of congress? guest: it has allowed more money to come into the republican side. it has at the same time allow more money to come in on the democratic side. the main case that has thrown some much turmoil into the system was called a decisioa dee out in january. it is these as we see just before the election. lately the labor unions have been using that as much if not more than corporations have. they spent $10 million on the race against senator blanche lincoln of arkansas. it has opened the door to more money from both sides, both liberals and conservatives, as